On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 08:34:37PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote: > * Bernd Ahlers wrote: > > Nikolay Sturm [Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 07:49:25PM +0200] wrote: > > >I don't like this. pkg_delete -c should remove as much of a package as > > >possible. If we know those directories exist, they should be deleted. > > > > > >The same goes for mysql and postgresql. If they know where the databases > > >are, they should delete those directories with "@extraunexec rm -fr $dir". > > > > > But the pkg_delete(1) manpage currently says: > > > > -c Delete extra configuration file, mentioned as > > @extra file > > in the packing-list. > > > > Database data isn't the same as configuration files. (At least for > > me...) So if we really want the behaviour you're speaking of, the > > manpage needs an update. > > deleting databases whith pkg_delete -c is something I am strongly > against. The -c is flag is for configuration files. I really do not > want this behaviour to change, leave it like it is.
Although the man page does not say so, I have always considered the -c flag as a package removal "cleaning" flag and that it should remove all files, not just config files installed into SYSCONFDIR.
